Holy SHIT, i didn't think i could be shocked anymore.

[GaYellowDawg]

I watched that q&a with my mouth open the whole time. He said the worst possible false equivalency answer with the first response and then doubled down and then doubled down again and again with more specifics. I've never seen someone in any public context fuck themselves so hard so repeatedly.

I... Holy shit. I can't think of anything else to say. Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit.

[lapfog_1]

1. you didn't pay attention to his rallies

during the campaign.

It is only that he was "selected" and everyone thought he would be more "presidential". That's not him.

[GaYellowDawg]

10. I did pay attention!

I'm not shocked at his view but damn, I didn't expect him to fucking set himself on fire!

[rufus dog]

2. I am going to challenge you - You will be shocked again

Hate to break it to you but that is who and what he is. Now this is the part so many need to comprehend, that is EXACTLY what the MAJORITY of Republicans think and feel.

Liberals really need to get there, these are horrible people.

[GaYellowDawg]

13. I can't deny that

I knew he was a bottomless well of racism, anger, ignorance, stupidity, venality, and lies, but I didn't expect him to full on David Duke right there! I thought he had a little more self-preservation than that!

[JonLP24]

3. Is there any place I can find it?

I turned it to CNN once I saw the threads but they are discussing it after the fact.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Just saw this repeated on MSNBC

We can bet this is going to be repeated continually - it's that shocking and outrageous - including here on DU...

[LeftInTX]

9. LOL - It happened so fast

Flipped on TV to CNN.
Trump is on.
He's talking about manufacturing. (What could go wrong??? Sounds like snoozer)
Turn off TV
Go to the DU Lounge - read a thread on Sea Monkeys
Come back and GD is lit up!

Wolf Blitzer is on now.
He's leading with it.

[JonLP24]

12. I found it

All I had to do was arrow over previous stories on the CNNgo app.

[NastyRiffraff]

23. Here. Have a barf bag handy

[irisblue]

41. You tube has it, politico has the transcript on it's website

The reporters asking the ? Are not named on the politico site.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. What can his apologists possibly say now??!!

[Stuart G]

7. His apologists can say...nothing...this is incredible...

Such an incredible, stupid thing to say...

[Rhiannon12866]

11. It was bad enough, but the media would have eventually moved on

But he cannot keep his mouth shut. Just when we thought it couldn't get worse! There is no equivocation after this!

[Stuart G]

15. I believe you are correct,....It got worse, for him..not for us.

Now, leaders of his party ..must support or rebuke him..This statement a 2nd time, might speed up his removal. Why...That lie..now....defines him forever.

[Rhiannon12866]

16. We need the Republicans to take him down

After Saturday, many were lining up, but there is no defending this. Just heard on MSNBC, "there is no elected Republican that can stand next to this..."

[Stuart G]

17. More important, the elected Republicans will be forced to say something now..

They will be asked, "Do you agree or disagree with this?"
......All will be asked..they will have to decide to lie, tell the truth, or evade...It will be a great show the rest of the week
get your popcorn......

[FSogol]

39. They've all scurried back to their hidey-holes. Repubs will disappear from the airwaves for the rest

of the week.

[Skittles]

18. repukes care more about party than country

they're afraid of losing the white supremacist vote

[regnaD kciN]

28. Republicans. Will. Say. Nothing.

Bank on it. At most, they'll be "deeply troubled" and hope it blows over quickly so they can get back to imposing their party's agenda.

Elections? Most of them are in gerrymandered districts that make them far-more-vulnerable to primary challenges from the right than Democrats in the general. They'll be scared shitless of saying anything condemnatory, lest they be primaried by teabaggers closely allied with these "Patriot" groups. They won't dare utter a peep.

[Amaryllis]

50. Deeply troubled, concerned. No action.

[SeattleVet]

19. Just checked...

many of them are saying things like, "He really took on the press"; "He was on fire"; "It's great to have a president that isn't afraid to tell the truth"; and assorted other crap along the same vein.

Yep, I wandered over to FR; I'm going to take a shower now.

[regnaD kciN]

29. The question isn't what they Freepers say...

...but what "respectable" Republicans and Fox say.

Places like Freeperville are filled with exactly the same kind of assholes who marched with their tiki-torches. They won't build the dominant narrative. The Republican leadership and their media outposts will have a large part in that narrative. I wish I was more optimistic about them.

[SeattleVet]

40. Unfortunately, too many of the otherwise 'respectable' republicans...

too often listen to what these assholes say, and decide not to alienate their 'base'.

[regnaD kciN]

27. His apologists will say "he's right"...

We best prepare for it. Soon, you'll be seeing lots of media coverage asking "Who is the 'alt-left'?" Finding a handful of antifa members who support punching Nazis, or bringing clubs to rallies (where their opponents carry assault rifles), to build the narrative that there are two competing sides, equally dangerous and intolerant. The nature of the media compulsion for "balance" guarantees that, by the time they're done, people will believe that neo-Nazis and those who oppose them are on an equal moral footing.

[quakerboy]

32. At a guess...

"H'Yea. Right on. He speaks for me. Death to the left"

Some may hold off on that last one for a while yet, but its coming.

[jmg257]

34. Just talked to 2 - that think it was "awesome".

[calimary]

35. Some of 'em are jumping up and down for joy.

Which is the worst part of this. Those Deplorables. He's still ringing their chimes.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. This is simply the narrative handed to him by fox & friends, his policy team.

He has basically stated today that the Antifa is the enemy of the state. This is a fundamental tactic used by the third reich.

[uponit7771]

6. MAGA Nazi sympathizer

[Vinca]

14. I had a vision of Rachel Maddow running her planned program through the shredder.

What a clusterfuck!

[Grammy23]

20. Bwahaha----poor Rachel.

How many programs has she had to completely rewrite pretty much 2 hours before she goes on air? And then she might be interrupted a couple of more times with breaking news.

Let's hope that tonight the breaking news is the EMTs are at tRump Tower taking him to Bellvue for a full psych evaluation. Oh, and Congress called an emergency session to boot his saggy ass out of the White House.

[alfredo]

48. She's going to show us how to make a classic mixed drink.

She will make it at the beginning of the show and drink it down before she takes the news of the day.

[Grammy23]

49. I am pretty sure many of us would go with that.

After the day we've had today, a good stiff drink might be apropos.

[alfredo]

52. I wish I was still a drinking man.

[Grammy23]

54. I am 68 soon to be 69 years old.

When I was younger I was aware of politics, voted, knew enough to get by. As I've gotten older, it has been abundantly clear that hiding your head in the sand or just not paying attention can be deadly. You must follow the bastards every day and in the case of tRump, you really can't turn your back on him for a minute. While he was creating the latest shit storm in tRump Tower today, his minions are destroying our government, selling off our land, getting rid of regulations that are for the good of all of us and anything else they can do to rape us and leave us for dead. All while lining their own pockets.

The weak kneed response by most Republicans to today's debacle is very telling. He all but had a meltdown on camera and just barely avoided foaming at the mouth and they are mostly scurrying and hiding behind twitter. I hope to gawd they belly up to the microphones tomorrow to give a full throated repudiation of their president. But you can be sure I won't be holding my breath. The rat bastards have still got much work to do to finish screwing us over, so they will make excuses and carry on. We are so screwed....

Damn it! We have to get a plan. I refuse to just give up and let the rat bastards win.

[alfredo]

55. Trump is mentally ill, that's why we need to use the 25th amendment

25 45

[bdamomma]

57. I am not ready to do

this Never, we will not retreat, we are dealing with some very sick and dangerous people. Evil never wins. I am trying to remain hopeful, but don the con is one sick a$$ man and has some definite mental issues.

Hello Psychologists out there, it is your duty to step up and present your findings. Trump is a threat to all of us.

[Brainstormy]

21. the expression "self-immolation" kept coming to mind for me.

Because he sure set himself on fire.

[OutaHere]

22. Even Chuck Todd Says This Press Conference Will Live In Infamy

And I usually ignore anything he says.

[Mr.Bill]

24. And yet on conservative websites I sometimes prowl,

they are saying things like "He knocked it out of the park!", "He laid down the law." etc.

You have to wonder how someone's mind can be that flawed.

[chia]

26. +1000

That's exactly the kind of things they say, they're in a whole other parallel, irrational universe.

[regnaD kciN]

30. Don't expect Nazis to object to defending Nazis.

Like I said, the question will be what "mainstream" Republicans say, not the mouth-breathers.

[Amaryllis]

51. Exactly. Parallel universe that never intersects ours. Altenative facts, alternative universe.

[DesertRat]

25. I feel the same way. nt

[Rustynaerduwell]

31. And the twenty five percent of this country

that the Republican party now represents- in every sense of the word- are yelling "HELL YEAH!"

[Honeycombe8]

33. What? WHAT? Trump? Never mind. I found the video & am watching it.nt

[BainsBane]

36. I'm not shocked.

I saw exactly what he was during the campaign. What pisses me off is how many refused to see it.

[ananda]

37. I wonder how many business leaders will be gone tomorrow.

45 is really losing it.

What's interesting is that the Reeps have to own this ..
what with the southern strategy, appealing to the
lowest common denominator in all their races, and
taking all that big money in return for corporate
friendliness.

[dae]

38. I wish I could say nothing shocks me anymore but it would be a lie.

[kimbutgar]

42. Just hearing a small sound bite made my blood boil

I have stopped myself from saying I hate thump and only saying I immensely dislike him now I outright hate his mother fu€¥ing guts.

[adigal]

43. Did you catch where he said the alt-left attacked "us"?

It was quick, and he covered it up quickly.

[Lanius]

44. Trump is sick and needs to be impeached and removed from office.

I hate Mike "Pray Away the Gay" Pence, but the Orange Toddler is unfit to be president.

[ResistantAmerican17]

45. There is no Bottom with this self absorbed asshole

None. Ever.

[yallerdawg]

46. I'm with you - shocked.

Campaigning is one thing, (part-time) occupant of the White House is another.

I don't know what this is or what purpose it serves - this person - but it is NOT MY president, not by an even longer shot now.

[King_Klonopin]

47. Where do we start ? There was so much evil, twisted, pathological shit spewing

from his rectum/mouth.

1) He won't let go of the false equivalency narrative -- actually triples-down on it.

One group was itching for a fight, showing up with a mob mentality, aggressors:
The right-wing, white supremacist, Nazi animal, "protesters" (i.e. brown shirts)
They organized this "event" to provoke this response, knowing they have an
apologist in the White House who is a racist. Any moral person would, and
should, react with repulsion to these hateful scumbags.

One group was there (baited) to defend the safety, rights and freedom of those
which these groups target. They weren't looking for a fight, but they weren't all
"snowflakes", either. Instead of being applauded for patriotism and courage
to face-down these bullies and fascist monsters, the asshole in the White House
chose to lump them all in one, demagogic basket.

One person was killed -- she was a non-violent counter-protester.

One person drove his car into a crowd as a weapon of mass destruction -- he was
an admitted white supremacist.

When pressed repeatedly by reporters, The POS POTUS still can't bring himself to label
the actions of these racists as "terrorism", but he was more than quick to call the counter-
protesters "alt-left terrorists."

2) The excuses he uses are lame BS and complete hypocrisy.

He was waiting to get all the facts before he made any statement. Really ?
This is the same guy who blasted Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama if they did not make a snap
judgment of any violent act as "terrorists" or "radical Islamic terrorism" within nanoseconds.

The Nazis had "permits", but the counter-protesters did not ?! Are you fucking kidding me???!!!!

3) David Duke and other racists commended Trump's screed as being "honest", and blamed
the violence on "left-wing terrorism".

Everything he does is right out of the Fascist Dictator Handbook.

[Luciferous]

53. Every time I think he's hit the bottom he does something even more vile.

[tblue37]

56. He knows his base. nt